Animal overpopulation requires taxpayers to bear the burden of caring for tens of thousands of unwanted or lost animals.
Not exact matches
Similarly, regulations from the HDB
require higher fees for licensing
animals that are not «fixed» as compared to those that are altered to prevent unnecessary breeding that leads to
overpopulation.
Fixing your dog or cat is not only vital to her long - term health and to reducing pet
overpopulation — many emergency shelters
require that
animals be fixed.
For instance,
requiring shelters to alter
animals before adoption and to devote a substantial proportion of their annual
animal control and shelter budgets (e.g., 10 - 20 %) to offering free spay / neuter services would do far more to help cats and reduce pet
overpopulation than cat licensing and other punitive mandates.
The pet
overpopulation problem is a community problem and
requires the entire community, government officials,
animal welfare / rescue organizations, wildlife agencies, and concerned individuals to work together to create a solution.
We take in so many unwanted pets and are dedicated to reducing
overpopulation by
requiring all
animals adopted through ACT V Rescue are spayed or neutered.
We
require that
animals adopted from North Star Rescue are never bred and allowed to contribute to the pet
overpopulation.
Michigan: Adopt - A-Pet: Fenton (spay / neuter assistance) All About
Animals Rescue: Eastpointe (spay / neuter assistance) Cascades Humane Society: Jackson (pet food, spay / neuter assistance) C - SNIP: Kentwood (spay / neuter assistance) Furever Full Food Bank: Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne counties (pet food) Furry Friends Food Pantry: Holland (pet food Thursdays) 616-499-7342, 616-399-5160 Humane Society of Genesee County: Burton (spay / neuter assistance) Humane Society of Huron Valley: Ann Arbor (pet food / litter, spay / neuter and vaccination assistance) Humane Society of South Central Michigan: Battle Creek (spay / neuter assistance) Kalamazoo Humane Society: Kalamazoo (pet food bank, dog houses, and spay / neuter assistance) K9 Resque: St. Claire (pet food) Little Traverse Bay Humane Society: Harbor Springs (spay / neuter assistance) Luce County Pet Pals: Newberry (spay / neuter assistance) Michigan Humane Society: Multiple Locations (spay / neuter assistance) Mission for Area People: Muskegon Heights (pet food assistance; licensing and vet records
required) 231-733-9672 Northeast Community Lutheran Church, Little Kitchen Food Shelf Oakland County Pet Adoption Center: Auburn Hills (spay / neuter assistance) Oakland County Pet Food Pantry: Western Michigan (pet food and supplies) Stop the
Overpopulation of Pets: Weymouth (spay / neuter assistance) Tail Wagger's 1990: Livonia (low - cost spay / neuter, vaccines, heartworm testing, microchipping, pet food assistance) Voiceless — MI: Lansing (spay / neuter assistance) Waggin» Tails Dog Rescue: Northville (pet food)